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The productivity push placing Australia's antitrust regulator at center stage

By James Panichi ( October 2, 2025, 08:05 GMT | Comment) -- The fight against bid rigging targeting Australian government tenders appears to be on a roll. It’s not just because the competition regulator has managed to assert itself in a handful of key court cases; or that in launching a bid-rigging lawsuit against Spotless Facility Services and Ventia Australia it’s challenging the validity of contracts worth billions of dollars. What’s new is that the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s promise to fight bid rigging at every turn appears to be dovetailing with the government’s determination to boost productivity.If recent statements, publications and lawsuits are anything to go by, Australia’s competition watchdog appears particularly alive to the risks posed by bid-rigging practices for public tenders....

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